I needed to relocate the battery, as a result of putting the 53 on an s-10 frame. the frame got in the way of the stock location, so I decided to move the battery under the bed on the passenger side. What do you think?? steve
Remote Battery Tray Looks pretty good ! . remember to use # 1 gauge cables and NO clamp on ends! Back in the day , the undercab battery tray would rust out and we'd get an old galvanized & insulated steel milk delivery box , punch two holes for the battery cables & bolt it to the running board , this was a very common thing to do in The East as the box kept the battery's from freezing & splitting if they went dead . Cheap too , always a good thing on the Farm .
Some days are just good! Yeah, Cheap for everyone but the dairy!!I hope it wasn't the same neighbor who donated every time. I think that's the best use of wasted space I've seen, always happy to see new idea's. Herman, I just realized you are only over the hill from me. In fact yesterday I took SWMBO, for a pretty mountain drive to Burnsville as the leaves are at peak. She was impressed with my romantic mood until I pulled up at a Junque yard specializing in Full Sized Jeeps. She wouldn't even help pull two bucket seats, hardly spoke on the way home. Well, with the quiet, peace and the beautiful colors, I thought it was swell. Two seats and two bases with working motors...$50....what a perfect day! Until later, No Luck that PM! Flashlight
Thinking "outside of the box"? That's is a way cool idea! I remember knocking around ideas about where to put a battery, too. Never thought of that solution~ Thanks for posting the pictures Herman! Flashlight~ Great story! Sorry about the ending, but ya had to know that was coming...
thanks for the kudos guys. Flashlight- I did something like that once. Went for a quiet walk in the woods with the Misses,only for her to discover it was an old landfill... you know the rest Nate- how to you connect the cables with no clamps?? steve
Milk Boxes You guys ! no need to rob the milk box off the neighbor's porch , they're scatted all over the East Coast in trash piles , junkyards , thrift stores and so on , no one uses them since the late 1960's....... I even see them in Cali. from time to time . I didn't say not to use battery cable clamps , I meant to never , EVER use those stupid clamp on ' repair ' end things as they always cause problems . Side mount batteries should always be avoided , they were junk when GM invented them and remain so 40 years later .
